Forty-five of some of the largest trade unions and companies in the United States have pushed back against Trump’s trade policies, urging him to reconsider proposed trade tariffs against Chinese companies in a letter to the president on Sunday.

A group of East Asia states have criticised US President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies at a summit today, announcing plans to move ahead with a regional trade pact that would isolate the US in the region, and urging members to embrace globalisation.

The L’Oreal share price rose this morning after the French cosmetics giant announced it’s buying Canadian virtual reality beauty firm ModiFace for an undisclosed amount to expand its digital footprint and seize a slice of online sales.

Despite US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account remaining silent on Russia’s possible involvement in a chemical nerve agent attack in the UK, a US administration official has now publicly blamed Moscow for the attack.

UK media regulator Ofcom has threatened to strip Russian TV channel RT of its licence to broadcast in the UK following the poisoning of a former Russian spy on the streets of Salisbury in southern England.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt, said the EU and UK are “very near” to an agreement to guarantee the rights of thousands of EU expat’s after Britain leaves the European Union.

US President Donald Trump has scuppered the biggest tech deal in history over fears that the acquisition of US chip-maker Qualcomm by a Singapore-based Broadcom would allow China to dominate the 5G mobile communications market.

Saudi Arabia’s listing of a 5% stake in state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has been pushed back until 2019, according to British officials involved with the stock listing, the Financial Times has reported.

Trade ministers from 11 Asia-Pacific countries signed a major free trade deal in the Chilean capital on Thursday afternoon, that slashes tariffs and is seen as a challenge to Trump’s growing protectionist policies.

The UK has rolled out the red carpet to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he arrived for three days of meetings with prime minister Theresa May, royals, and business and defence officials.

The European Union isn’t happy about US president Donald Trump’s announcement of tough trade tariffs and has wasted no time in putting together a list of 100 things it will tax if the US doesn’t back down.